AFOSI Honors Internship

[explcdt8]

I just got an e-mail from my school's career office about the AFOSI Honors Internship, and was wondering if anyone has any additional information about it.

Specifically, a condition of the internship is that you be able to complete FLETEC before age 37. Does this mean that upon successful completion of the internship, you are automatically offered a position?

[1depd]

The term "internship" as used by the feds is a bit different, than the private sector or local government. In the federal service it is merely a period of time spent in a training status where you can be fired for any reason. It is interesting that the internship period "just happens to coincide" with the probationary period of my current employment. The training status, as with many other jobs can be very intense, such as when you are in the academy, moderately supervised like during FTO, or loosely supervised like during the period after you are released from FTO. For some jobs the internship is two years. As long as you do not do anything stupid to get yourself fired or a draw down occurs you will be granted "regular" employment after you complete the internship. No job offer will be granted it will just be a paperwork change of status. When you complete the internship you will have undergone an extensive amount of training and investigations. Read it will be expensive to replace you so that is the reason for my opinion about getting the regular status at the end of your internship. The federal government views the internship program as a way to try you out without having to go through all of the headaches to fire you if you screw up. These are my observations of how the internship program works at my federal agency. One thing I have discovered is each agency can do things a bit differently.

[explcdt8]

Thanks for your help.

I can't do this internship yet, because I need 60 credits and I have 47, but I will apply when I can.

If I get in, at best it could lead to a civiilan special agent position, at worst, some new contacts.

[Kimble]

Thanks for your help.

I can't do this internship yet, because I need 60 credits and I have 47, but I will apply when I can.

If I get in, at best it could lead to a civiilan special agent position, at worst, some new contacts.

What 1dept is referring to is probationary employment, where one is actually hired as an agent but during their first two years they fall under a "career internship" period. The AFOSI Honors Internship isn't the same thing, it's an actual college internship (where you're a college student serving as an intern while in school to gain experience). Sounds like it's similar to a co-op, which is also a student volunteer position that leads to employment as an agent upon graduation (not all student internships with federal LE agencies work this way).

Good luck, sounds like a good opportunity if OSI fits your interests. Overall it's a good agency with an interesting mission.

[explcdt8]

ROS:

Thanks for your help. It is something that I am interested in, and if I was offered this internship, I would accept it.

I also sent you a PM.